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lGEMM. No. 337,619. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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WILLIAM S. SALMON AND WILLIAM E. HAISLETT, OF VILMINGTON, DELA- VARE, ASSIGNORS TO OLEAVER di HOLLIS, OF SAME PLAGE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,619, dated March 9,1886.

Application filed March 20,1885.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM S. SALMON and WILLIAM E. HAIsLETT, citizens of the United States, residing in Wilmington, county of New Castle, State of Delaware, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Graters, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a front view of a grater embodying my invention, having only a portion of the squares, showing the perforation or broken surface. Fig. 2 represents a longi tudinal section thereof in line x x, Fig. l. I5 Fig. 3 represents a transverse section thereof in line g/ y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding part-s of the several figures.

Our invention relates to improvements in 2o graters; and it consists of the construction and combination of parts thereof, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a grater,formed of a plate, B, of metal, punched 2 5 out or otherwise constructed with a grating-surface, as well known, and a frame, G, to which said plate is secured, the frame consisting of a piece of wire bent in the form of an arch, the crown of which is provided 3o with a handle, D, or may constitute a handle itself. The ends of the wire extend beyond the lower end of the plate B, and form the feet E of the grater.

F represents a box or receptacle for the grated material, the same being preferably constructed of sheet metal, and having theV sides formed with grooves vor ways G, to receive the sides of the grater, and the end plate, H, which is adjacent to the handle D, 4o conforming to the shape of the back of the grater, so as to close the space at what may be termed the top of the box when in use. It will be seen that the grater may be used either within the box, it remaining stationary or as a fixture therein while the subst-ance or material is being grated over the same; or it may be drawn out from the box when required to be used independently of the same, and rested on the feet E, and employed as Serial No. 159,512. (No model.)

lreadily removed at what may be termed the bottom thereof. Owing to the end plate, H, 6o the top of the box is closed and thevgrated material prevented from falling out at said locality.

The grater may be readily removed from the box by sliding the same therefrom, so that the parts may be disconnected for cleansing and other purposes.

J represents a brace for connecting the top of the box ,in front of the grater, the same being shown of wire continuous with that em- 7c ployed for stiifening the sides of the box.

The plate B is dishing, so that the gratingsurface is concave. This prevents the grated substance that maylodge temporarily on the surface from being discharged on the sides of the grater` the same, however, having a tendency to seek the center of the grater, and thus be unfailingly forced into the box or drop at the bottom of the grater. The concave nature of the plates also imparts elas- 8o ticity to the same, so that it may be sprung into the sides of the box and securely held in the ways G thereof.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 8 5 ters Patent, is-

The sheet-metal box F, having grooves G G on its inner sides, and provided with the end piece, H, and brace J, jointly with the frame O, carrying the grater B, and provided 9o with a handle and supporting-feet, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM S. SALMON. WM. E. HAISLETT.

Vitnesses:

T. N. SLAYTON, WILLIE M. MEDIIORD. 

